1943 World Series

vs. 1943 World Series (4-1) New York Yankees (98-56, AL) vs. St. Louis Cardinals (105-49, NL) BR 1943 WS Summary

The 1943 World Series matched the defending champion St. Louis Cardinals against the New York Yankees, in a rematch of the 1942 Series. The Yankees won the Series in five games for their 10^th championship in 21 seasons. It was Yankees' manager Joe McCarthy's final Series win.

This Series was scheduled for a 3-4 format due to wartime travel restrictions. The 3-4 format meant there was only one trip between ballparks, but if the Series had ended in a four-game sweep, there would have been 3 games played in one park and only 1 in the other.

Records: New York Yankees (W: 98, L: 56, Pct: .636, GA: 13 ½) - St. Louis Cardinals (W: 105, L: 49, Pct: .682, GA: 18)

Managers: Joe McCarthy (New York), Billy Southworth (St. Louis)

Umpires: Eddie Rommel (AL), Beans Reardon (NL), Joe Rue (AL), Bill Stewart (NL)

Note: Eddie Rommel became the third person to appear in the World Series both as a player and as an umpire.

Summary

AL New York Yankees (4) vs. NL St. Louis Cardinals (1)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 4	October 5	Yankee Stadium	68,676
2	Cardinals – 4, Yankees – 3	October 6	Yankee Stadium	68,578
3	Cardinals – 2, Yankees – 6	October 7	Yankee Stadium	69,990
4	Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 1	October 10	Sportsman's Park	36,196
5	Yankees – 2, Cardinals – 0	October 11	Sportsman's Park	33,872

Matchups

Game 1

October 5, 1943 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
New York (A)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	4	8	2
W: Spud Chandler (1-0)   L: Max Lanier (0-1)
HR: NYY Joe Gordon (1)

Game 2

October 6, 1943 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	2
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	0
W: Mort Cooper (1-0)   L: Tiny Bonham (0-1)
HR: STL Marty Marion (1) Ray Sanders (1)

Game 3

October 7, 1943 at Yankee Stadium in New York, New York

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	4
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	X	6	8	0
W: Hank Borowy (1-0)   L: Al Brazle (0-1)

Game 4

October 10, 1943 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	2
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	1
W: Marius Russo (1-0)   L: Harry Brecheen (0-1)

Game 5

October 11, 1943 at Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, Missouri

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York (A)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	7	1
St. Louis (N)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	1
W: Spud Chandler (2-0)   L: Mort Cooper (1-1)
HR: NYY Bill Dickey (1)

Composite Box

1943 World Series (4-1): New York Yankees (A.L.) over St. Louis Cardinals (N.L.)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
New York Yankees	0	0	0	4	0	5	0	6	2	17	35	5
St. Louis Cardinals	0	1	1	5	1	0	1	0	0	9	37	10
Total Attendance: 277,312   Average Attendance: 55,462
Winning Player’s Share: – $6,139   Losing Player’s Share – $4,322

Trivia

• Howie Pollet, Max Lanier, and Mort Cooper - all playing for the St. Louis Cardinals- ranked 1-2-3 in the National League in ERA at 1.75, 1.90 and 2.30, respectively.
• The only St Louis Cardinals' victory took place during Game 2, the same day as the death of Mort & Walker Cooper's father, Robert.
• Murry Dickson, who helped close the door on the Cardinals in Game 5 by allowing no hits while on the mound, was on a ten-day pass from the United States Army.
• The following St Louis Cardinal players, who were on the roster during the 1942 World Series championship, were lost to the armed services: Johnny Beazley, Jimmy Brown, Creepy Crespi, Terry Moore, and Enos Slaughter. The Yankees suffered losses also as Joe DiMaggio, Phil Rizzuto, Red Ruffing, and Buddy Hassett all marched off into the armed forces and Red Rolfe retired to coach at Dartmouth College.

Further Reading

• Mel R. Freese: The St. Louis Cardinals in the 1940s, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, 2007.
• David S. Neft and Richard M. Cohen: The World Series, 1st ed., St Martins Press, New York, NY, 1990, pp. 192-195.

External links

• 1943 World Series at WorldSeries.com (MLB.com)
• 1943 World Series at Baseball-Almanac.com
• 1943 World Series box scores and play-by-play at Retrosheet.org

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